The home side had a great opportunity when Chilton put Udoh through. Adam Whitehouse forced him wide and when the return ball came to Chilton, Exodus Geohaghon was on hand to block.

The second half opened little better but on the hour, Halesowen sparked some life into proceedings when they hit the bar through Finney and Udoh was unable to snap up the rebound with Mat Bailey and Geohaghon blocking the line.

It was Finney who broke the deadlock on 62 minutes with a smart finish after a move involving Udoh and James Spray had created the opening.

The goal sparked a triple substitution for Rangers and they immediately showed more urgency.

One of the new faces, Bradley Fortnam-Tomlinson went just wide after good play from Richard Batchelor, then Rangers had penalty appeals turned down when Langston’s shot struck the arm of a Halesowen defender.

The goal Rangers needed came eight minutes from time. Geohagen took a throw on the left, and when the ball came back to the towering defender, he clipped a cross to the far post, where Louis Briscoe collected, did well to beat his man and then spot Sherratt free on the edge of the area - and the midfielder gave Platt no chance with a fine drive.